Aussie bush foods add delicious flavour and interest to your dishes. Which recipe will you try?
Watch: Paperbark Roasted Whiting With River Mint And Sweet Coastal Salad
Bush tucker recipes don’t always have to include kangaroo steak. These 12 amazing recipes include a wide variety of native herbs, plants and ingredients that show off the best of the Australian landscape.
The best part is that all of these native plants can be grown in your very own garden! Take a look at our complete guide to edible Australian native plants to get inspiration on what you would like to grow and eat.
In the meantime, head to the grocery store and see if you can scout out the right ingredients to make one of these delicious dishes:
1. Bush-spiced beef skewers with jacket potatoes and Davidson plum aioli
Full of flavour, this dinner is seasoned with Dorrigo pepper and finished off with a Davidson plum aioli that is to die for!
2. Mango, avocado and macadamia salad
One of our most popular summer salads is actually made with an Aussie bush food! Did you know that macadamia is native to Australia? Pop it in your salad bowl and get ready for your family to ask for seconds.
3. Homemade falafel with tahini and salad
Falafels are all about the spices which means you can create your own blend, depending on what flavours you prefer. These one’s include a beautiful lemon myrtle salt for a citrusy punch.
4. Kakadu plum and wattleseed brownie
Small, green and distinctly tart, Kakadu plums make a lovely jam that can be marbled into a rich and decadent brownie.
5. Sticky honey macadamia chocolate cake
This decadent afternoon tea treat is dazzling enough to serve up for dessert too! Macadamias are all the rage for an Aussie addition to your dessert.
6. The ultimate citrus chicken
This chicken has got every bit of citrus in it possible, including the bush tucker lemon myrtle! Add in some yuzu and you’ve got yourself some great Asian-Australian fusion.
7. Salted macadamia and almond caramels
If you have a sweet tooth but want to mix up your cravings from the usual chocolate treats, then Karen’s caramel slice will have you going nutty.
8. Stone soup with squid and beach vegetables
This recipe uses beach stones and vegies for a briny depth of flavour, but you can use a stovetop too. With samphire, dune spinach and saltbush, it’s packed with bush tucker treasures.
9. Paperbark roasted whiting with river mint and sweet coastal salad
Using the time-honoured method of wrapping the fish in paperbark to give it a steamed texture but smokey flavour, this recipe will have you drooling. The addition of river mint and lilly pilly makes the fish sing!
10. Golden syrup dumplings with cinnamon sauce
Dumplings may be bite-sized, but they pack a flavour punch. Bush flavours like lilly pilly and cinnamon myrtle are just the beginning – these warm, sticky dumplings are also drizzled in a rich, golden syrup.
11. Caramel and macadamia fudge
They look like they come from a classic confectioner, but you can whip up these bespoke bars in mere minutes. Impress your loved ones this year with this moreish caramel and macadamia fudge.
12. Fast Ed’s garden herb, almond and rose petal cake
A luscious and rich cake that makes surprisingly good use of the incredible herbs around us, including one distinctly Australian flavour, lemon myrtle!
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